termed

Verb (1)

term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)

1. (transitive) To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
   • Abstraction or prescision ought to be carefully distinguished from two other modes of mental separation, which may be termed discrimination and dissociation.1867, Charles Sanders Peirce, On a New List of Categories

   Synonyms:

   describe as, designate, dub, name, refer to

Verb (2)

term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)

1. (ambitransitive, informal) To terminate someone's employment.
2. (informal, transitive) To delete someone's account.

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